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Pair of wrong-way drivers face fines

OPP saw a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Algonquin Avenue
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It's a motorist's nightmare...a head on collision.

OPP say it could have happened twice in the North Bay area this week.

On April 14, at 2:35 a.m. OPP saw a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Algonquin Avenue. The vehicle crossed a cement barrier and then entered a parking lot. 

The vehicle was stopped and the male driver Trent Couroux, 25, from North Bay was charged with:

  • Drive while ability impaired
  • Drive over 80 
  • Possession of a schedule II substance - Cannabis Marijuana
  • Possession of a schedule II substance - other drug 

Couroux is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on May 2.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, at 4:44 p.m. OPP were called about a vehicle travelling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 11 at Highway 654. 

The vehicle and driver were found at a home in Callander.  

Victor LeBoeuf, 66, of Callander was charged with:

  • Drive while ability impaired
  • Care or control over 80

Jeff Turl

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